FOX CEO Lachlan Murdoch praised for defending Tucker Carlson after ADL urges host's firing

Fox Corporation Executive Chairman and CEO Lachlan Murdoch was applauded on Thursday for refusing to cave to the Anti-Defamation League's (ADL) demand that he fire Fox News host Tucker Carlson over an on-air segment focused on the immigration crisis along the U.S-Mexico border.

"Congratulations are in order to the chairman of Fox News, Lachlan Murdoch, for his refusal to bow to a demand that he fire Tucker Carlson," the publication wrote. "It’s nice to see a press baron standing up for a controversial newsroom star for a change." Murdoch, in his response to the ADL, politely argued that Carlson had "decried and rejected replacement theory" when he appeared on "Fox News Primetime" April 8.  "White replacement theory? No, no, this is a voting rights question," Carlson told host Mark Steyn.